ECB chief Trichet powerless to resolve crisis mounting speculation that greece will default on 304.2 billion euros (f405.2 billion) of debt crisis depriving european central bank president jean-claude trichet of the stable markets needed to bring europe out of its worst post-war recession t since early february when politicians began squabbling over how to rescue greece from europe's largest deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product , the euro has lost 4.1 percent against the dollar and the extra yield demanded by investors to hold gr .. . related articles 5 >>

Photo Supposedly Shows Yamadayev Alive a dubai court monday sentenced two men charged with collaborattalion in former chechen military commander sulim yamadayev's assassination to life in prison , an english daily of the united arab emirates (uae) reported t the two men , identified as mh and mj , were found guilty of aiding and abetting a premeditated murder as well as possessing unlicensed weapons , the national said on its website t the report said mh was an iranian horse groomer for chechen president ramzan kadyrov and mj was a taji .. . related articles 7 >>

UBS rebounds with strong pre-tax profit ubs said it will swing to a first-quarter pre-tax profit of at least $2.35 billion , in a preview of its earnings ahead of what is expected to be a heated shareholder meeting on wednesday . related articles 6 >>

Pope decides too lefiant pot it be after 40 years guinea-bissau's prime minister carlos gomes junior has been released by soldiers after briefly detained , medial reported on thursday t gomes was held by soldiers on thursday in another sign of instability in which coup attempts have repeatedly hit the west african country since late 2008 t he was detained after a group of soldiers broke into his office in the capital bissau t witnesses also reported soldiers went to a un office in the city , before leaving with a former navy officer suspected o .. . related articles 19 >>

Jews marched to honour Holocaust survictims the company that owns the mine , massey energy , said they are working closely with governments officials on the rescue effort t as bob orr reports , the company has had safety issues in the past t t t t . related articles 14 >>

Ukraine promises to give up uranium at world nukes summit ukraine promised to give up its dangerous highly enriched uranium monday at a 47-nation summit hosted by president barack obama on making the world safe from loose nuclear weapons.the ukrainian promise to dispose of all such uranium by 2012 marked the first concrete achievement of the summit t it was also a highly symbolic act by a country that gave up its soviet-era nuclear missiles and suffered from the 1986 chernobyl civilian nuclear disaster . related articles 9 >>

Iraq bombs kill child, four police and soldiers five people were killed and 11 others injured in separate attacks in iraq's eastern diyala and northern nineveh provinces on thursday , the police said t two people were killed when gunmen opened fire on them near the popular market in the town of khalis , near the provincial capital city of baquba , some 65 km northeast of baghdad , a source told xinhua on condition of anonymity t a third civilian was killed and another wounded in a roadside bomb explosion at a village located 20 km east of baq .. . related articles 7 >>

Internet weapons are double-edged sword in British poll british prime minister gordon brown's labour party unveils its manifesto for the may 6 election monday , as campaigning steps up a gear ahead of the first televised debate between the main party leaders.labour has promised no big spending commitments as britain emerges from recession -- in contrast to the main opposition conservatives -- but pledged to protect public services from cuts designed to tackle a record deficit . related articles 7 >>